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LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: robert's right....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Robert: Lets us all remember that while there are trains rolling though the tunnel at 70 miles or so. The really good thing about that entire tunnel is there is no 700 volt Third Rail to......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

~Me : I wish the best to everyone who was raised in the projects in chicago, the horners, the greens, robert taylor homes etc.... Its sad to see them tear down historical land marks and homes to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

angie: Greetings to all. I'm not from chicago at all, but I have alot of family who does. We used go ride by the high rises when we we kids, and I would wonder how in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Cecilia Midiri: One last thought by Robert Frost: Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

robert: wonderful photos documenting spaces and their ghosts that few ever see. Would love to do an article on my web site... indizoo.com ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter Creer: G'day Eric Teal,from memory,there were a few Teal brothers and your dad about 1959 There are a few ex Irlam people in the Wollongong area about 60 miles South of Sydney. We keep in touch with John......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Mo: Newark was my home..1958-1970. Grew up at 63 Mercer Street, Scudder Homes Projects - and a project it was, but it was home. Schools attended: Quitman, Robert Treat. If it wasn't for having close family......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Fiona Lambert: Robert: I'm actually 41 years old, I just thought that rue Rufus Rockhead was an unusual name for a street. My boyfriend used to live in Montreal (Pointe St. Charles) to be exact, he told me......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Robert Lajoie: Fiona, One can safely assume you're a younger lass. Rufus Rockhead was the owner of Rockhead's Paradise, arguably the best night club ever in Montreal. As a young man, I spent......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Mike: Hells Angels member arrested on assault charges Hybrid Apr 11, 2008 12:29 PM (3 hrs ago) by Staff, The Examiner SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News)- A Pacifica member of the Hells Angels was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assaulting......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Angela Bentley: Looks like no one has been on look at this wonderful site and letting people remember the past. I am still trying to find out if any one remembers kathleen fisher who lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Angela Bentley: I lived on Gates ave then on Onderdyke avenue use to hang out on Palmetto street. I am looking for a family that lived on Palmetto street. This would of been about 25-28......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alison: Hi Cyril My mum definately remembers you barbara whitelegg (roberts) she lived on the crescent then moved to marlborough road she worked in a shop on fiddlers lane and we all went to fiddlers lane school......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alison: Gosh ive heard my mum talk about Twenty Row, and she used to call it the jerry works my mum was born and bred in irlam from the Crescent, Barbara Roberts she was till she......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Great photos on both sites Andrew. Harry Bates's hardware premises were as you quite rightly say, were where the "new" semis are now. As for the butchers shop with the red stripe blind, the adjoining......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Robert Davies: Rob, I remember Harry Crask "Hairdressers" I think he only knew two styles Short back and slap and a bowl cut. I used to sit on the wooden plank over the chair arms when my......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Helen Salmon: Hi Anne, I've just read that you lived in Irlam until you were 9 and now live in Morecambe. Snap! We moved from Irlam to Morecambe in 1984 when I was 8. I live in Lancaster......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Tamia J.: I'm from the Southside of Chicago. Many of my Dad's family members lived in the Robert Taylors ('97-'05) until the day they were forced to leave because of demolition. The RT's were considered my second......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Linda Larson Brooks: I grew up in Flatlands Bay. Some of the people from Barren Island moved to the bay. Schnieder sounds familiar. I know the Lissenden's moved there too. My uncle Bud Ackermann......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Helen Salmon: Hi Uncle Robert! Loads of family on here I'm pleased to see! I've been looking through some of the pictures and posts and although some of it is before my time I can picture where it all......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alison: Hi Rob Thanks very much for the picture of Hurst Fold. Alison Hi Joanne, My Grandma was Hilda Roberts. ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Leslie Green: Hello, Can anyone help me trace the familiy of Roberts Hall he was an RAF airman who was killed December 18th 1944. Roberts ( spelling believed to be correct) came from Irlam O the heights.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Davies: Hi Cath, Bob and Helen Salmon, Anne (Jones) and Shiela Hilton. I've just found this site and was surprised to see you all on here. I was looking for old pictures of St Mary's school......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

elena: I grew up in the Luna Park Buildings. I spent my childhood and early teen years before moving, but I agree with Robert, those were the best times in my life! It was early......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Alison: Thank Rob, My brother used to play in Cadishead Band did you know him 'Steven Roberts'? ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

simon: i was in chicago lastyear - travelled from ireland on business but main purpose was to visit cabrini green as i didnt do it the first time i was there. i rented a bike......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Mike: I'm looking at this photo, and it is sending shivers down my spine. The last time I saw this theater was in 1985 - I was 15 years old. My childhood memories of sneaking in......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Joe Kash: robert @ botanica san santiago on main st. in hackensack, nj is the man. get a reading from him and you will become a believer. i did and now i am....

in response to: Bushwick Botanica by upfromflames

Robyn: Rick I will try and copy the pic and send it to Robert.I know June Brodish is in touch with Marilyn Tobin who was Arlene's sister. Stepha I really think Mrs.Shprence scared everyone to death.She......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rick: Stepha, you were in the same building that Irene Glassberg and Arlene Tobin lived in. Although, younger that I (I graduated PS 241 8th grade in 1957), they were more my contemporaries (and I am......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robyn: Rick I have a picture of our moms and your Aunt at Coney Island.Get my e-mail from Robert and I can mail it to you...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Andrew Smith: Thanks Rob (& Robert)....

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Those pictures are great!...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

TMB'S: THE DC-10 TAG NEXT TO THE CA(CAPTAIN AMERICA) DC-10 ALSO WROTE ROBERT 1, HE WROTE WITH SO-ONE AND SI-ONE, TEAR-2,UNCLE JOHN 178 QUEENS 1974...

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

rick: Yes, Robyn. Robert is my bro. Weren't you in contact with him, recently?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robyn: Rick My best friend Debbie lived in your building.Was your brother Robert? I lived at 916 Carroll St. and had a brother Steve....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Hank: What a neat looking little wick you have. I chanced apon your site researching Barnoldswick after reading mention of it in Development of Aircraft Engines by Robert Schlaifer. I, too, am in Florida. I would......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

robert ashworth jr: wow what a change ...i remember my dad working there,,,,what a great place may gm will get it together ......i miss it going down rt 9.....should have been saved...........

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Sheldon Hollis: well if u ask me why are they tearing down so much projects i feel and i belive some of the projecvts are bad like state way gabrini green and some of robert taylors but......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Andrew Smith: Cheers for the photo's Robert - good stuff. Looks like they had to knock down a row of houses to build Cadishead library unless the had already gone....

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ROBERT: In 1959, when I was 12 I remember walking to this place from Woodside, Queens with my friends Raymond Cusato and Brett Dicker. If it's as dirty and stinking as it was back then I......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

ROBERT: Congratulations, Barry. Excellent shots and a great sequence....

in response to: DownTown by barry

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Just realised I could have worded that better, chances are that when the first picture was taken the railway was still in use. This picture is taken from a bridge which crosses the now dismantled railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Liverpool Road, Cadishead, from the disused railway bridge, date unknown. [[img:24510]] Same shot from March 2006. [[img:24511]] I only moved to Cadishead in 2005 and before that new nothing about the area. I love finding sites like this......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Moss: I hear that it's going to be turned into a hotel to open in February. They're going to have a nice restaurant inside as well. I'm just glad that they're allowing for some history to......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Windycity4life: The robert taylor homes dont' even stand anymore,but bronzeville and most of the southside is still really bad....

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

nuclearrabbit33: Seems some people have the Robert Taylor homes and Cabrini mixed up. The Robert Taylor homes are the buildings which you see from 94. Cabrini would be hard to see from the expressway. ...

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

nuclearrabbit33: By the way, the Robert Taylor homes along south State St. have always been worse. There are the projects you can see from the Dan Ryan Expressway. I'd rather be lost in Cabrini any day....

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Robert: Cool shots, Peter!...

in response to: The Cyclone by Peter

mellisa7: Robert Oppel is directing his next film after Never Down. His next film is called Opel. It's about his uncle Robert Opel, the guy that streaked the oscar's in the 70's and got......

in response to: Is Robert Oppel Neck Face? by Peter

mellisa7: Robert Oppel is not Neck Face. They respect eachother I know but they are two different people. Robert Oppel's a New York actor/Director who faked his own death but actually made two really......

in response to: Is Robert Oppel Neck Face? by Peter

jack: robert must have thought twice about putting his name down....

in response to: Is Robert Oppel Neck Face? by Peter

robert: iv seen this guys graffitti all over. sick dude. he once wrote it about 20 times in perth amboy were 287 goes over the outerbridge. i got alot of respect hes got balls....

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

Robert: Peter, keep on giving us all those great pictures, thanks....

in response to: Queensboro Bridge by Peter

Robert: As usual, giving us great shots!...

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

Robert: It's a masterpiece!...

in response to: VZ Sunset by BillyRanger

Shelley at Buddy Bike: I represent the Buddy Bike. www.buddybike.com It used to be called the "Love Bike" and was invented by Robert Gardner in Willits, CA over 10 years ago. It is a unique tandem bicycle that places......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Robert: So keep on capturing these scenes and share them with us......

in response to: Manhattan Morning by CartLegger

Robert: It's a painting, a good one indeed!...

in response to: March in Manhattan by jack

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

little ukraine: i did - it's crazy expensive, thankfully my fiancee's parents were paying the bill. montauk is quite an interesting place, definitely worth a trip. you might be interested to see Robert Moses' Hither......

in response to: Montauk Manor by little ukraine

Robert: Hello again Jack. Nice post... and it keeps on running!...

in response to: A Summer\'s Afternoon Stroll by a Cool Refreshing Stream Where an Elderly Gentleman Who Grew Up on the Streets of Asphalt and Cement in Brooklyn Now Takes His Grandchildren by jack

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

little ukraine: a trip to dc gave me the opportunity to snap some robert moses photos.. here is long island's southern state parkway. note the landscaping of the median: [[img:20085]] a typical robert moses overpass is detailed with a......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

iman: to robert: that's cool man. you just gotta do what you want to do. live cool man. brooklyn for life bro. holla....

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: Iman: yeah i hear you out though. im not goin to college or no shit like that i dont think its for me. i just wanna be a automechanic because i like cars and shit.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

iman: robert: yeah man i go to lafayette hs. by the way, if c.i. is bad already, you're right, it doesn't matter if it gets worse. just as long as it doesn't spread to some people.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: I agree 100%. I dont think Brooklyn is a borough for something like that and Coneyisland is always gonna be a piece of shit no matter what they try to do. People from places around......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: Ok well i can get what yall are saying. Yea I know where Ft.Greene is i got alot of family that live there real shitty place in some areas.Oh and Bensonhurst aint that by Lafayette......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: Thanks man, but ConeyIsland have mad clicks in my hood and shit. They got nfo im sure you heard of them niggas and some other ones that i cant recall at the moment. I live......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

CartLegger: Word: I'll try to get some of those from "Robert Moses and the Making of the Modern City". But so much of that stuff is lost, lost forever, another world only safe on the lips and......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Brad: Another thing I forgot. Since this is a Roberts Moses post, it would be interesting to see some before and after pictures of areas that his projects went through. I remember seeing a picture of......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

little ukraine: nice! well done. i'm hosting to post some of the robert moses causeway soon....

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

iman: to robert: man i'm 15 and i grew up around bloods. believe me man, if your gonna join anything, make your own small time clique, i'll garantee you that you'll fight a lot, but not......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

robert: I know yall moved off the subject of ConeyIsland but some ppl talkin like its a nice place. Maybe if you stay by the amusmentpark you will be okay but if you go into places......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Tyfoid Kid: This is very cool. I'm just reading that book about Robert Moses - The Power Broker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker This guy had a hand in all kinds of things and he got very rich for someone who was......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

CartLegger: Would it help if I gave ya'll a map to go by? Robert Moses NYC Map @ "Robert Moses and The Modern City" **http://www.learn.columbia.edu/moses/**...

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

EvilGentleman: Damn, now I can't stop thinking. Maybe the authors listing should be ranked by total hits, and not by articles posted. I mean, I'm closing in on hool's total article count, yet I am nowhere near......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

EvilGentleman: The dam under which I used to fish as a boy in Cornwall, Ontario was called the Moses-Saunders Power Dam. The New York State end of the dam is in Robert Moses State Park. That......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Robert: I agree with Jack, magnificent shot!...

in response to: St. Patrick\'s Cathedral by Brad

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Fendie: I'm just curious to know what area was crime ridden. Cabrini Green or the Robert Taylor Homes? Is there anywhere i can get actaul statistics on the matter. i need it for a......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Robert: Well, yes two stroke are bad...but honestly, i don't believe a SUV puts out less pollution per tank of gas then a vespa?...

in response to: Toronto\'s Got the Right Idea... by Peter

banjo: Initially, i thought: what an interesting perspective of a circle/ring bicycle post. Why haven't I seen that before? Guess not tall enough. But then I realized that the ring is separated from the post. Recently snapped by......

in response to: Jan 20 2007 Toronto by hool

robert Pearson: need to know the exact number of true bridges within and/or, connected to the city of of New york I am at rpearson4@nyc.rr.com...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

C0S1: JA THANKS FOR KEEPING THE LATE GREAT KING ALIVE BUT TRY TO LAY OFF THE SPACEBASE WE DONT NEED ANOTHER ALL CITY KING GONE BEFORE HIS TIME ONCE AGAIN R.I.P. TO ROBERT SMITH B.K.A SANE [[img:18372]] ...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Robert: Good old unusual stuff. Things like this should be displayed here more frequently, it gives a historical touch to the site. If I'm allowed I'll post some color photos of my sister and I in The Brooklyn......

in response to: Rooftop Photo on July 22, 1945 by jack

ROBERT: I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM PROSPECT PARK AND WAS JUST WATCHING MONTY CLIFT BIOGRAPHY AND IT MENTIONED THE CEMETERY. WAS MY PARTNER AND I SHOCKED AND HAPPY CLIFT IS NEAR US. I WISH I......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Robert: Beautiful picture,but sad, as Biff pointed out. May God bless us all...

in response to: Black Cherry by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

LicieLove: I'm a chicago native reading this book for the first time, I'm 20 now. I grew up on the Southside in Inglewood, but I went to private schools my entire life. And at 8......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum